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“Culture” - it’s a word that means different things to different people, and sometimes more than one thing all at once. We might imagine an audience in tuxedos and gowns, listening to the proverbial ‘fat lady’ sing; a museum’s displays of objects and artefacts, walls hung with canvas; or a street performer with a violin, a book of poetry, or even a unicycle and fistful of juggler’s clubs. Culture can refer to a dizzyingly diverse array of activities and objects because culture isn’t defined by the activity, but by the intent. And that intent is to connect: To connect people with their context, with their wider community, and with each other. Our town is built on these connections, not just connections within our own communities as all towns are, but also the connection between host and guest which drives our economy. So it’s essential for us to continue to develop and improve the cultural offerings with which we forge these connections. We are, and we insist we are, a world class destination - with that comes a responsibility to ensure our cultural offerings impress, even when our guests compare them with experiences they’ve had around the world. Offerings like JazzFest, a mainstay on Queenstown’s cultural calendar. Labour Weekend marks the 40th Queenstown Jazz Festival and, for the Trust, our 40th birthday is an opportune time to celebrate our past and reimagine our future.
Queenstowners volunteered in swarms for the annual Pink Ribbon appeal last week. Lending a helping hand on Friday were Claire Brinsley and Hannah and Gabby White.
(Photo: Jodi Walters)
Over its four decades, JazzFest has grown from humble beginnings to become one of the region’s most popular music events, hosting musicians from throughout the country and around the globe. As a part of Queenstown’s overall cultural landscape, JazzFest is playing its part, continuing to develop and improve the ways in which we connect. But we can only play one part in this ensemble, we welcome all players to the stage. This year we welcome Catalyst and the University of Otago Humanities Division into the weekend’s program. Together they add MindJam, ‘jam sessions for the mind’ that offer us another way of connecting, as we gather together to share ideas and be inspired by each other’s thoughts and opinions. MindJam exemplifies the sort of collaboration we need in order to enhance Queenstown’s cultural offerings. As a community, we must continue to recognise the essential role culture and the arts play in both our society and our economy, as well as Queenstown’s extraordinary potential to develop further still. We need to support the events we do have - if nothing else simply by attending and participating - and we need to walk an aspirational pathway as we continue to paint our cultural landscape, improving existing cultural offerings and develop new ones. We need to realise that when we declare ourselves to be world class, the world is here, and they can see whether we’re delivering. JazzFest aims to deliver a weekend to relish, paving the way for the next 40 years.
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Luke Baldock, Chair of the Queenstown JazzFest Trust & AJ Mason, Catalyst Co-chair.
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